| Whitlock Avenue | |
| Address: | Whitlock Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY |
| Borough: | The Bronx |
| Locale: | Foxhurst |
| Coordinates: | 40.8275°N -73.8861°W |
| Division: | IRT |
| Line: | IRT Pelham Line |
| Service: | Pelham local |
| Connection: | NYCT Bus: |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 3 |
| Structure: | Elevated |
| Rebuilt: | to |
The Whitlock Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Whitlock Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Foxhurst neighborhood of the Bronx.
The Whitlock Avenue station opened on May 30, 1920 as the Pelham Line was extended to East 177th Street from Hunts Point Avenue.[1] [2] [3] The construction of the Pelham Line was part of the Dual Contracts, signed on March 19, 1913 and also known as the Dual Subway System.[4] The Pelham Line was built as a branch of the Lexington Avenue Line running northeast via 138th Street, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue.[5] Initially, the extension was served by a shuttle service operating with elevated cars. Passengers transferred to the shuttle at Hunts Point Avenue.[6]
The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the <6> service during weekdays in the peak direction. The 6 local train serves the station at all times. The next stop to the south is Hunts Point Avenue, while the next stop to the north is Elder Avenue. The station has covered-over old signs and a windscreen on the south end. The north end has a full canopy over the platform.
The station is adjacent to an abandoned railroad station called Westchester Avenue which was served by the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B), and the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Currently, the line is used by Amtrak. The former NYW&B line was at one time proposed to be converted into an extension of the IRT Dyre Avenue Line leading to this station, rather than its current terminus at East 180th Street on the IRT White Plains Road Line. The station is also located right next to the Sheridan Expressway.
Southbound, this is the last elevated station before the wholly underground stretch to Brooklyn Bridge station. Northbound, the line makes a right angle turn to the east and crosses the Bronx River via a truss bridge.
The mezzanine is wood and features frosted windows in a simulated 16-pane pattern. At one time there were doors to the fare control but they have been removed; doors from fare control to the street remain. Outside fare control, exit stairs lead to either southern corner of Westchester Avenue and Whitlock Avenue.[7]